On 24 Apr, 14:13, John McMillan
wrote:
In theory. Of course, by the time its set seed you can't see
what colour the flowers were. And of course the bees cross
pollinate it so some will revert to purple, and some of the
variegated will revert to white. And then its a biennial
so you don't get to find out until this time in 2009.

I'll be patient ... This is why I didn't see Rusty's plants last year
and therefore wondered why this plant had grown there. I had
forgotten.

Chiltern have Lunaria Annua which I suppose is the purple
form, Lunaria Annua var Alba which is the white form and
Lunaria Annua var Variegata which is the variegated white form.
They also have Lunaria Rediviva which is claimed to be
a perennial version - anyone have any success with that?

Perhaps I should mark my plants somehow (?) so that I know
which were which when I come to harvest the seed.

Please, try ... It's so much nicer to get free seeds from someone.
It's like a gift. I've made a note in someone else's garden, on our
way to school, where they have lots of white aquilegias. For three
years I kept thinking that I must pick some seeds and kept forgetting
where the white ones where. This year my son's promised to take a
picture, tee hee, but I will have to go and knock on the door.
Thankfully the residents will get involved in a Neighbour's Day I'm
organising on the close behind that house and it will make that task
much more easy )

(Neighbour's day is an international event ran by councils for street
party and events to celebrate European Neighbours. This year I'm
running 2, linked with Britain in Bloom. Closing dates is 11th May -
if you are interested www.european-neighbours-day.com. There's 200
pounds available per projects).